Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 735-005
Date: Thursday, June 15, 1972 at 12:45 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/735-005

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[0:02] This cabinet of John Ruthen has proposed, and I think Alderman has gone a long way, to have John Ruthen started by the GOP platform.
[0:11] So that's just going to be good.
[0:12] You know what I think?
[0:13] Very nice.
[0:15] We'll have the photo before.
[0:16] We'll have the photo and then have that, and I'll give him a little talk on the Russian.
[0:21] Yeah, really big thing.
[0:22] I have to.
[0:23] I'll do it at the end.
[0:25] All right.
[0:25] Good.
[0:26] And is this session special for those that sit in?
[0:30] You know, we can try to win them, but those that sit in?
[0:32] No.
[0:33] We're going to have to stand in?
[0:34] Well, essentially, stand in is special.
[0:35] In this case, you can have a good group of, this could be a very, you know, more, a bigger crowd.
[0:42] I don't mind having fairly, fairly large.
[0:45] Except that, except that for the picture, I would have the picture without any people.
[0:54] All right.